2006-09-08 03:20:08 · 5 answers · asked by roshan i 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I don't have time to re-type out everything so I will copy and paste what I have allready posted.**************************
I am rh- as are my three daughters.
RH- is if you have any blood type followed by a -, like A-, AB-, O-. It is not uncommon and not anything to be nervous about. What happens is that if your baby's daddy has + blood that the baby could have + blood from his daddy. If during pregnancy the baby's blood mixes with mom's then the mom will build up antibodies to the baby's blood. Usually not a problum for that baby but it would be a problum if the mom ever got pregnant again with an rh- baby. You see...she would already have antibodies to the + blood. It would fight with the babies blood and cause the baby problems. It could be mild inemia up to misscarriage.
The thing is....during a normal pregnancy mom's and baby's blood do not mix. We are not built that way. It is not part of nature. But sometime something will happen to cause the blood to mix. Trama to the belly like falling down some staries or a car accident. Even an amino could cause mixing. But if you hav no trama during pregnany then there is no worries. Doctors routeinly give a rhogram shot (even without the belly trama) around 26 weeks of pregnancy. that shot will protect for 14 weeks.
During birth there is a greater chance of the blood mixing (especially if your doctor insists on pulling on the cord to get the placenta out vs. waiting till it is ready to come out) After the birth you have 24 hours to get another shot. They will test the baby's blood to see if baby is rh- or +. If baby is - then there is NO risk of developing antibodies so you don't need the shot. If baby is + then they will give you the shot while you are in the hospital.
Now when you have a misscarriage they need to give you the shot because you will have a greater chance of the blood mixing.
2006-09-08 06:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Candice B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You only need to be concerned if you are an Rh negative mother. If your baby's blood is Rh pos. and your blood comes in contact with the baby's (during labor) your immune system will create antibodies against the Rh factor. This won't harm the first baby, but will cause problems with the next Rh pos. baby you concieve. Which is why your doctor will give you Rhogam around the 28th week or later, which prevents your body from creating the antibodies. If you are Rh neg. you should absolutely have this injection!
2006-09-08 03:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the mother is negative and the fetus is positive, the mother's immune system will try to send antibodies to destroy the foreign blood... this usually results in the death of the fetus...
the risk can be lessened through the use of immuno suppressants... This is why we have blood tests before getting married, so we know this risk ahead of time....
If both mother and father are rh negative, no risk cuz child will be negative too...
2006-09-08 03:27:34 · answer #3 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm rh negative and I'm having my first child this year and I recieved a vaccine to prevent any harm to my child whether his/her blood is positive or negative. My doctor told me that I would also have to be monitored closely later in my pregnancy once we find out the blood type. I also, have to recieve a second vaccine after my child is born. As long as the ob knows then the mother and child will be okay.
2006-09-08 03:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by adidasgurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if ur rh positive wt rh negative foetus ....no probs
if ur rh negative wt rh positive foetus.....no probs in first pregancy
unless there is some trauma or in some way foetal blood enters ur body..before delivery......but second baby will hv problems
u require anti Rh antibodies
2006-09-08 03:25:43 · answer #5 · answered by psycadelic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋